No special talent… only passionately curious… mixed media on canvas. The question do you need to have a special talent to carry out your dreams in your life or is it enough to have a healthy portion of curiosity to discover all your aspects? Well I think it’s nice if you have some special talent, of course it’s also a lot easier, and yes we all have some talent no matter for what. But talent as itself is not enough to fulfill our dreams. We need to have a great portion of curiosity to move us, to discover new ways, to experiment and to be able to grow. Even most of my works are born from a curiosity that makes me figure out what will happen if… I mix this with that or if I apply this over there… so that happened on this canvas as well experimenting out of curiosity:
Curiosity
I was beginning with a paper collage from Cold country papers from 7 dots studio.
paper collage
I covered my collage with gesso and I applied some texture with modeling paste through gothic romance stencil.
textures
I colorized my canvas with dylusion ink and painted with copper acrylic using the same gothic romance just repositioning my stencil. I added also some shades.
colorized
The middle part is cardboard, self-rusted embellishments, feathers and wool.
middle part
And finally a close up to the textures:
I am sharing my work with Mixed media place‘s challenge: curiosity.
What are you experimenting with today?
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Ruth, This is absolutely fabulous! This has to be my most favorite yet! I love how you created it and the elements all tied together perfectly- and the color combination? I never would have thought to use- I love it- Striking!!
Thank you Jackie, as I said I am experimenting all the time and who knows where I end up, I have a lot of fun creating like that! 🙂
Great textures. Are those pieces of hardware (for a lack of a better term) from old jeans? The corrugated cardboard fits it perfectly.
I think life is kind a like a laboratory where experimenting is key. We experiement with our talents out of curiousity perhaps to find out if they possess any limitations.
Those embellishments are washers coming from a real hardware store (don’t tell them what you’re gonna use it for otherwise they look at you quiet strange). I rust them at home alone 😉
I like your interpretation over our laboratory 🙂
Thanks! That’s funny, I’d think they wouldn’t care what you used them for as long as they were making money, LOL!
I love it. Very striking. I’m like you – I experiment and while I may not love every piece, I certainly learn something from each one, maybe learn MORE from the epic fails LOL! And really, how do you KNOW you have a talent for something until you try it? I might be brilliant at skydiving and never know…. 😀
Happy WOYWW!
Mary Anne (11)
Mary Anne then it’s high time to try it, I mean the skydiving… 😉 put your idea about it on a media then you’ll see how easy it is!
So beautiful! Stunning page – I’m watching and (hopefully) learning. Thanks for sharing. Chrysalis 53
Thank you Chris!
Fab canvas, soft calm colors in the background and the brons gives it so much depth, great texture.
Thanks!
Beautiful! Valerie
Thank you Valerie!
I really enjoyed seeing your process and the finished product is wonderful… Love the limited colour palette …xx
Thank you Tracey!
Great title for your wonderful textured canvas. Happy PPF, Annette x
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Thank you Annette! xoxo
Beautiful background and texture!! Thank you for joining the Mixed Media Place challenge!
Thanks for stopping by!
lOve the texture of this mixed media piece. Fun art to make I bet!
Thank you Lynn!
Wow this is striking. Thank you for showing your process.
Thank you Nicole!
Superb! Love the quote! Thank you for joining the MMP challenge!
Thank you Riikka!